[Gllug] how safe is linux against identity thief

Chris Bell chrisbell at overview.demon.co.uk
Tue Mar 24 12:05:02 UTC 2009


On Tue 24 Mar, Lucy Peters wrote:

> My bank account has been compromised recently. they transferred fund from
> my account to the people I don't know. I use foxyproxy, ubuntu firewall
> and only use the cookies from the site. I don't keep any cookies from
> 112.207 or anything other than from the main site. I wonder how the
> people found my details online.
> 
> what else can I install to prevent identity thief from happening again ?
> 
> Lucy
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   There appears to be a roaring trade in personal details from call
centres, for instance in India as shown by the recent BBC programme.
   The banks really must make more effort to organise secure money transfer.



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